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A large pile of ballast in the Network Rail compound adjacent to Patchway station.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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A merged view of the station car park at Patchway railway station in South Gloucestershire. The footbridge can be seen on the centre-right of the picture, while in the distance on the left is a Network Rail maintenance compound.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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A stack of flatbed wagons in the Network Rail maintenance compound adjacent to Patchway railway station in South Gloucestershire. The arm of a road-rail JCB is in the foreground.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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The station sign and stopping mark for four and five car Virgin Voyager trains at the southern (eastbound) end of platform 1 at Patchway station in South Gloucestershire. Cross country services only call at this station during times of engineering works that prevent access to Bristol Parkway station or the line from there to Swindon/Cheltenham. Patchway is a 1950s outer suburb of Bristol, which one person here has described - most likely sarcastically - as "Heaven on Earth".
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Patchway junction, viewed from the southern end of platform 1 at Patchway station. This junction is the northernmost of the four junctions at the corners of the diamond-shaped crossroads of lines that allows access from here to Bristol Parkway (straight on), Filton Abbey Wood/Bristol Temple Meads (right) and Avonmouth (right then right again, used only by freight trains). In this view the points are set for an eastbound train to head towards Stoke Gifford Junction and Bristol Parkway, while the next westbound train will be comming from Bristol Temple Meads (via Filton Junction) or Avonmouth (via Filton West Junction).
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Patchway junction, viewed from the southern end of platform 1 at Patchway station. Also visible on the left is the stopping mark for HST services, well beyond the end of the platform. Intercity trains only stop here when there are engineering works preventing access to Bristol Parkway or teh Bristol Parkway to Swindon/Cheltenham line.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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A merged view of Patchway junction, photographed from the southern end of platform 1 at Patchway station. This junction is the northernmost of the four junctions at the corners of the diamond-shaped crossroads of lines that allows access from here to Bristol Parkway (straight on), Filton Abbey Wood/Bristol Temple Meads (right) and Avonmouth (right then right again, used only by freight trains). In this view the points are set for an eastbound train to head towards Stoke Gifford Junction and Bristol Parkway, while the next westbound train will be comming from Bristol Temple Meads (via Filton Junction) or Avonmouth (via Filton West Junction). Also visible on the left is the stopping mark for HST services, well beyond the end of the platform. Intercity trains only stop here when there are engineering works preventing access to Bristol Parkway or teh Bristol Parkway to Swindon/Cheltenham line.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Patchway junction, viewed from the southern end of platform 1 at Patchway station. This junction is the northernmost of the four junctions at the corners of the diamond-shaped crossroads of lines that allows access from here to Bristol Parkway (straight on), Filton Abbey Wood/Bristol Temple Meads (right) and Avonmouth (right then right again, used only by freight trains). In this view the points are set for an eastbound train to head towards Stoke Gifford Junction and Bristol Parkway, while the next westbound train will be comming from Bristol Temple Meads (via Filton Junction) or Avonmouth (via Filton West Junction).
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Patchway junction, viewed from the footbridge at Patchway station. This junction is the northernmost of the four junctions at the corners of the diamond-shaped crossroads of lines that allows access from here to Bristol Parkway (straight on), Filton Abbey Wood/Bristol Temple Meads (right) and Avonmouth (right then right again, used only by freight trains). In this view the points are set for both east and westbound movements to/from Filton Abbey Wood/Bristol Temple Meads and Avonmouth (this junction is not visible in this photograph).
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Looking north from the northern end of platform 1 at Patchway station towards the split-level Patchway tunnels.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Looking north from the northern end of platform 1 at Patchway station towards the split-level Patchway tunnels. The two signals both have three separate route indicators, for the three possible routes at the diamond junction to the south of the station - Avonmouth, Filton Abbey Wood/Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Looking north from the northern end of platform 1 at Patchway station towards the split-level Patchway tunnels. This view clearly shows the very different gradients of the westbound (left) and eastbound (right) lines. The eastbound bore of the tunnel was built at a lower level with a longer incline after it to give the heavy coal trains from South Wales an easier jourey up from the Severn Tunnel. As most westbound freight trains would be returning empties, the gentle gradient was not needed and so the tunnel was built higher and shorter, and thus cheaper, than the eastbound.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Looking north from the footbridge at Patchway station towards the split-level Patchway tunnels. This view clearly shows the very different gradients of the westbound (left) and eastbound (right) lines. The eastbound bore of the tunnel was built at a lower level with a longer incline after it to give the heavy coal trains from South Wales an easier jourey up from the Severn Tunnel. As most westbound freight trains would be returning empties, the gentle gradient was not needed and so the tunnel was built higher and shorter, and thus cheaper, than the eastbound.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Looking south from the southern end of platform 1 at Patchway station toward Patchway junction.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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The station sign and station information notices at Patchway station are on the back of the shelter on the eastbound platform.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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A pile of old concrete sleepers in the network rail compound adjacent to Patchway station.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Patchway station in South Gloucestershire, viewed from the northern end of platfom 1. This platform is served by hourly trains from Cardiff to Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton, and during engineering blockades of Bristol Parkway, by eastbound intercity services. Although the footbridge looks rickety, and has definately seen better days, it actually feels sturdier than some cheap modern ones!
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Patchway station in South Gloucestershire, viewed from the northern end of platfom 1. This platform is served by hourly trains from Cardiff to Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton, and during engineering blockades of Bristol Parkway, by eastbound intercity services. Although the footbridge looks rickety, and has definately seen better days, it actually feels sturdier than some cheap modern ones!
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Patchway station in South Gloucestershire, viewed from the southern end of platfom 1. This platform is served by hourly trains from Cardiff to Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton, and during engineering blockades of Bristol Parkway, by eastbound intercity services.
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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Patchway station in South Gloucestershire, viewed from the southern end of platfom 1. This platform is served by hourly trains from Cardiff to Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton, and during engineering blockades of Bristol Parkway, by eastbound intercity services. Although the footbridge looks rickety, and has definately seen better days, it actually feels sturdier than some cheap modern ones!
Photo by Chris McKenna23/01/2006. |
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